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Revision as of 00:09, 22 October 2019
Coral Reefs by the Numbers
Diversity
25
Percent of marine life depends on coral reefs[1]
Value
375
billion dollars per year in goods and services provided to the world economy[2]
Death
50
Percentage of coral reefs lost since the 1980s[3]
Our Project
Inspiration & Description
Save The CoralUsing Synthetic Biology to Protect Our Reefs
The inspiration behind our project was the Netflix documentary Chasing Coral. To combat coral bleaching we propose a synthetic biology solution: transform the symbiotic algae to make them less likely to be expelled by their coral hosts. If successful, the modified coral symbionts will be more resistant to bleaching and may well survive the even more dramatic climate changes likely to come.
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